BRIEFLY EYE LOSS SETTLED FOR $2.5 MILLION.The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. agreed in closed session Tuesday to pay $2.5 million to a woman who lost an eye after she was shot with a beanbag bean·bag n. 1. A small bag filled with dried beans and used for throwing in games. 2. A small folded bag filled with lead pellets, used as ammunition in a stun gun. 3. by a Los Angeles police officer two years ago. Josh Perttula, special assistant city attorney, said that the decision will close the case of Annette Amoroso, 40, who was severely injured when police shot her when they thought she was reaching for a gun. - Daily News Hollywood studio damaged by fire Fire broke out at a Hollywood production studio Tuesday, damaging one building along with film and editing equipment, officials said. There were no injuries in the blaze that started shortly after midnight in a building at Hollywood Center Studios on Las Palmas Avenue. About 90 firefighters doused the blaze in less than two hours, Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells said. The cause was under investigation. - Associated Press Miscikowski gets No. 2 council spot The Los Angeles City Council elected Cindy Miscikowski on Tuesday to its second-highest position - as president pro tempore president pro tem·po·re n. pl. presidents pro tempore The senator who presides over the U.S. Senate in the absence of the Vice President. - to fill the vacancy created by Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas' departure. Miscikowski had been filling in as president pro tem president pro tem n. pl. presidents pro tem Informal A president pro tempore. since Ridley-Thomas left the council earlier this month for a state Assembly seat. - City News Service Courthouse study to cost $840,000 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
The money will pay for an environmental impact report and other studies of the proposal to return the 1925-vintage building for use by county government. The overall renovation cost was last estimated at $136 million. - City News Service Contract reform plans announced Mayor Jim Hahn, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and City Controller Laura Chick said Tuesday they will tackle concerns often raised by companies trying to win city contracts, including the slow pace of bureaucracy and often-burdensome requirements. The three said they will hold a public hearing on the issue next month at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , where business leaders can offer their ideas on how to reform the contracting process. - City News Service Private eye faces weapons charges Private investigator Anthony Pellicano was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. Tuesday on federal weapons charges related to hand grenades and plastic explosive that officers said they found at his West Hollywood office. Pellicano, 58, was arrested last month after an investigation into whether he hired a man to threaten a Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). reporter researching a story about an alleged Mafia extortion plot targeting actor Steven Seagal. Officers found the weapons during a search of Pellicano's office, according to an affidavit that FBI Agent Stanley Ornellas filed. - City News Service New high school's builder selected The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. will hire the Tutor-Saliba Corp. to build a new high school in Panorama City, officials said Tuesday. Sylmar-based Tutor-Saliba will build East Valley High School No. 2 at the former Gemco store site in Panorama City, school officials said. ``We are confident Tutor is a highly capable builder who will get the job completed on time,'' said LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) Chief Facilities Executive Jim McConnell. - City News Service |
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